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In actual business handled, London i is the chief commercial citv of the world, Lirerpool second, and New York a good third. In 1885 the value of imports and exports at London was $1,144,000,000; at New York, $733,600,000. T>_ i?i. l'.? 11.1 ?1 J3JT lUSUUUUVU piUUHCl tviumuo lue Toronto Globe 6how that while the United States debt has diminished from $2,503,151,211 in 1867 to $1,274,728,153 in 1886, the Canadian debt has steadily risen from $93,046,051 to $281,314,532. Prof. Felix A.dler, in a recent address, aid that there were 9,000 children of both sexes between the ages of eight and fifteen years, at work in factories in New York city. He claims that the laws for preventing child-labor are inadequate and the attempts to enforce compuisorj education are ridiculous. A short time ago a cargo of 158 tons ol pig iron from Birmingham, Alabama, was shipped from Charleston, South Carolina, to New York. This was the first cargo of pig iron ever shipped from Charleston, and is the beginning of a trade which promises to be one of the most important 111 the soutn. Melinite, a new explosive with which the French military authorities are experimenting, is said to have ten times the power of nitro-glycerine, and 100 times that of gunpowder. General Boulanger, the French Minister of "War, has decided on the immediate manufacture of 210,000 melinite projectiles. Through the efforts of the Minnesota fish commission Duluth is to have a United States fish hatchery which will he the largest and best one in the world. The main structure is to be 50 by 100 feet. It will be able to produce 500,000000 fish each year. This is a pretty big fish story, but Duluth is quite able that wav. There is nothing so fluctuating as com? merce. It -was net so many years ago that Newport competed with New York for the commerce of America; to-day it is a mere pleasure resort. Charleston once hsld in its hand the commerce ol the Gulf. There are cities on the Gull coast of Florida that once ranked high in the commercial world, but to-day are dead, their names never even heard. Counterfeit notes to the value of $48,519 have been discovered by Treasury officers among the National bank notes sent to the Department for redemption since the establishment of the Redemption Agency in 1874. What security has the ordinary citizens against cleverly ^ executed counterfeits when ne lrly $4,000 ?*r/-\nfV? nf onnnollv vnn iKo rrAnntlof VTV1 VU Vt tUVUi UUUUUiiJ A UU VUV/ guuuuiu* of the officers of the National banks * without detection? E n The three hundred active building so- j cieties of Philadelphia are carrying mortgages on real estate to the amount of $50,000,000. These mortgages are being paid off in monthly sums, ranging from $5 to $30 monthly. Threefourths of these mortgages are on small houses, worth from $800 to $3,000, and the occupants, instead of paying rent,are paying off the mortgages, and will eventually own their own houses at a cost but little more than they would have paid for rent. The Duke of Sutherland, who was recently in Washington, owns very large tracts of land in this country, aggregating, it is said, 425,000 acres. His possessions in Great Britain cover 1,358,545 acres, yielding an income of $703,335. He also has $1,500,000 invested in a Scotch railroad. He is the owner of 1 Dunrobin Castle, Loch Inver House, j House of Tongue, Tarbet House and 1 Castle Leod, all in Scotland, and Stafford House, Trentham Hall, Lilleshall Hall ' and Chie'den, in England. I In the town of Jackson, Tenn., there is a shabby looking house occupied by colored people, one of the rooms of which was until recently embellished with paper representing real estate now worth more than $2,000,000. The foui tides were covered with land grants be- < JongiDg to one of the volumes of tho Land Office for West Tennessee, that has been missing since the war. Mr. John W. Gates, Register of the Land Office, i has carefully gathered up these valuable documents and will soon have them in Bhape for future reference and preserva- } liOU. j The modus cperaudi of a progressive j donkey party is thus described by the ' Springfield (Mass.) Union: You cut a < big silhouette of a tailless donkey out ' of cloth or paper and fasten it to the j wall. l"ach of the guests receives a cambric tail and a pin, and is then blind- J folded and placed in a comer opposite ' the donkey. After whirling around i three times he starts out to pin the tail ! to the donkey. "Wherever he strikes the , wall, there he must pin the tail. The result generally is a still tailless donkey surrounded with a galaxy of tails and lots of fun. An exchange gives the estimated wealth of the richest members of the "United States Senate as follows: Leland Stanford, California $50,000,000 Henry B. PayDe, Ohio 14,00;),01)0 Joseph E. Brown. Georgia 12,000,000 George Hearst, California 10,000,000 Don Cameron, Pennsylvania 5,000,000 Thomas W. Palmer, Michigan.... 4,000,000 Thomas M. Bowen, Colorado 3,000,000 Philetus> Sawyer, Wisconsin 2,000,000 John Sherman, Ohio 2,000,000 Eueene Hale. Maine 1,750,000 William M. Stewart, Nevada 1,500,000 Randall L. Gibson, Louisiana 1,400,000 Johnson S. Camden, W. Virginia.. 1,300,000 John P. Jones, Nevada 1,250,000 John R. McPherson, New Jersey. 1,200,000 James B. Eustis, Louisiana 1,100,000 Francis B. Siockbridge.Michigan. 1,000,000 Dwight M. Sabine, Minnesota.... 1)00,000 Preston B. Plumb, Kansas 800,000 George G. Vest, Missouri 800,000 WillItBI Mftbont Virginia...... 750.000 A GREAT VQLF HUNT. A Hnge Circle of Men find Dogs Twenty Miles in Diameter. Nearly ?,000 Hunters Kill Fifteen Wolves After a Lively Chase. The grandest wolf hunt that has ever taken place in Illinois occurred in .uougias uoua- | ty on Thursday. About 2,000 hunters took part in the drive. Fifteen wolves were killed and about twenty-five made their escape through the lines. The whole of Sargent township was surrounded by a circle of sportsmen from Douglas, Coles, Edgar, Vermillion and Moultrie counties, with a not inconsiderable detachment frim Indiana. The township lies between the Illinois Midland and the Indianapolis and Springfield railroads and within comparatively easy driving distance of Oakland, Hurseboro, Brockton, Newman, Tuscola, Tolona, Areola, Mattoon, Paris,' and * several other growing towns. It was surrounded by four companies, each commauded by captains. The circle formed by the hunters was twenty milA; in diameter. Th? east line, whien proved to be the weakest, extended from Brockton to Newman, along the Little Amboy River. The north line, from Newman to Brush Fork, was the stron?#;t. The west line, from Newman to HolbrooK's farm, contained the greatest number of hunters. The rules prohibited guns, hut hunters were asked to appear on foot with clubs and dogs. Fully one-fourth of the men were mounted, and it was this violation of the rule that afforded the wolves oportunities to escape. At 9 a. m, the different captains galloped up and down the lines, tried to fill up gaps ?nd distribute crowds, and reminded all the resronsibilit.es on their shoulders. The boaters were drawn from all sorts and conditions of men. Some were large landowners, others sportsmen, pure and simple, and others more or less interested residents in the neighborhood. The east line advanced with a mighty shout which coold be distinctly heard by members of the west line, fully eight miles distant The lung power of the beaters must have been remarkable, for they kept up the yell almost incessantly for over two hours. As a matter of skilful general-hip the captains erred in allowing this. There were wJ dogs in the hunt and in the first fifteen minutes a dozen wolves were beaten up, two of which were killed. The round-up was arranged to take place on "Andy" Gwynn's farm, and with deafening shouts the circle gradually contracted. A pack of five wolves was discovered by the east corps. The wolves were not the"ordinary prairie wolves, but were of the "timber" or "gray" species, averaging in weight fully fifty pounds and looking not unlike large sheep dogs. The five in question were almost within range of a shotgun, but they d d not remain stationary many seconds. Right at the southeast corner was a gap between the two lines of fully 100 yards and the wolves made a rush for it at lightning speed. The beaters responded with a gallant effort to close the breach, and for a minute the excitement was intense. Then as the party of five were reen galloping over tbe brow of a hill outside the lines, a howl of indignation went up from the ranks. Dogs were cursed and kicked, and every one was saying that if he had the organizing of the drive the gap would not have been where it was But it was no use to cry over "spilt milk." Four wolves succeeded in getting through, three being killed. The other eight dashed at a weak place in the north line and three were killed with clubs, the rest scampering through. THE SOUTHERN BOOM. Extraordinary Business Growth in Southern States. The great business boom in the South and Southwest continues without abatement, and he furor for improvement and development eems to be spreading in all directions. Che Industrial Gazette, in its weeky summary of new enterprises, notes the ncorporation at Louisville, Ky., of the Keniucky and Arkansas Land and Industrial Company, capital stock $2.r,03,000. The Chattanooga Steam Forge Company, the argest in South, has purchased a ate in Chattanooga, and will erect nammoth buildings for their machinsry at once. Laredo, Texas, is to save large smeltiug works, and San Antonio i large refrigerator. A fine vein of coal has seen discovered at Lampas, IVxas, and will 3e developed at once. A largo bed of iron >re has been discovered in Sebastian county, axKansas, near rori oimiu. Birmingham, Ala, is to have an electric street railway, and is the headquarters of the Peacock Coal, Iron and Improvement Company, just organized, capital #200,000, to develop coal land on the Georgia Pacific Railway. Nine hundred thousand dolais of the Selma Land Improvement ind Furnace Company's stock was taken in one day. Montgomery subscribed f200,0 0 in two hours for the erection of a pipe foundry with oOJ tons daily capacity, md is to have a charcoal furnace and chemical plant. The Warrior Coal, Iron and Land Company has been organized at Northport, capital $500,000. A. G. Welty of Cleveland, Ohio, will move his bridge plant to Birmingham, where four sauares of ground have been sjcureJ. The works will be known as the Birmingham Iron Bridge and Forge Company, capital $250,000. The Decatur / Mineral and Laud Company is now being organised with a capital of $350,000. For one week Government land at ?1.25 per acre, to the amount of $5,:i50,000, was nt- thf> Monteromprv i'Ala_) land office. The fc'elma Land and Furnace Company, just orgacV:ed, capital $3,000,OIK), owns and will develop 12,000 acres mineral lan 1. The largest single land transaction ever made in Alabama was made recently by the Tuscaloosa Iron and Land Company purchasing 03,000 a:res of coal land, which will be developed at once. Four furnaces, a hotel and a coal and coke company have been located at Florence within a week, with capital aggregating $1,000,000. 1 NOTED CASE. \n Insurance Claim Paid After a Long Contest. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of Sew York, having become convinced of the justice of Mrs. William TVackerie's claim, las dismissed its appeal to th > Missouri Supreme Court and has paid to her the sum of ?8,000. This noted case has been awaiting settlement for fifteen years. In 1872 Mrs. Wackerie's husband died and was buried in iJbreveport, La. An insurance policy on his life was he'.d in the above company, an 1 to prove the deceased maa's identity Mrs. Wackerie went to Shreveport and nad the body exhumed. Shi then presented her claim to the company, which refused pay- i ment, giving as its "reason that "Wackerie still lived. In support of this refusal, when the case came to a trial a witness was introduced who swore that he was the plaintiff's husband. Before the courts theplaintiff was successful, however. The action of this company will make it possible for Mrs. Wackerie to collect the amounts of the policies in other companies, which refused payment on the same ground that the New York company did. Mrs. Wackerie has been living in pov orty all these years. Her claims, all told, amount to ab:ut $2'.?,000. 304 PERSONS DKOWNED. Collision Between Two British Vessels?Both Sunk. The British ship Kapunda, which left London on December 11 for Fremantle, "Western Australia, with emigrants, came into collision near the coast of Brazil with the British bark Ada Melmore. and was sunk. The Ada Melmore also went to the bottom. Three hundred of those oa board the Kapunda were drowned. The remainder were saved and have arrived at Bahia. All told 304 lives were lost. The Kapunda was an iron ship of 1,084 tons. She was commanded by Captain Masson. A car of fur, recently shipped from Win nipegby tne iiuusou s cay company, represented the destruction of 4:57 bears, GO silver foxes, 5,1:57 beavers, S(K) foxes. lynxes, 8, ITS martens, "J'.tl wolverines, -07 wolves and a host of smali animals. There is a dog at Magog, Quebec, that will mount the toboggau sled, go down the slide, draw the sled back, and go down again as many times as his owner commands him. NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and Middle States. commodore rniLiP u. Johnson, commandant of the Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard, is dead. He headed the list of Commodores. and was about to be made Rear-AdmiraL A bill introduced in the New York Assembly proposes to make combinations to "corner" articles of food, fuel and other necessaries of life legal offenses and punishable as such. Cashier Schroeder, of the Germania Savings Bank, Jersey City, N. J., has left for parts unknown with $30,000, all the institution's cash on hand. The bank closed its doors, but will probably be able to pay its 1,100 depositors. Schroeder has been unsuccessful m a business venture. Edward Unqer, of New York, has confessed to the murder of his partner, August Bohl, whose dismembered body fcas found in a trunk at Baltimore, whither it&ad been shipped/by the murderer. Raymond Belmont, a son of August Belmont, the well-known New York banker, shot himself to death in a shooting gallery in his father's residence on Filth avenue. A n > Tn U*> Dn/\nMnn maUoa An n OkinADA XX, UAILI uy DI WAIJU puilUC uu a uuiucog gambling* den resulted in the capture of seventy-four Celestial gamblers, with $02,000 in their pockets. Shortly after the steamship Guyandolte, of the Old Dominion Line, left New York for Norfolk, a few evenings ago, a terrific explosion occurred, tearing a big hole in the hurricane deck. The steamship returned to New Yoyk. Investigation showed that the explosion had been caused by a dynamite machine, wilfully placed on board the vessel. Freight handlers, under orders of District Assembly No. 49, Knights of Labor, joined the striking coal handlers and longshoremen at New York on Monday, the intention being to cripple the railroads and thereby cqnjpel the employers to come to terms. John O'Neill, another of the New York Aldermen of 1884 charged with accepting a bribe for his vote, was lound guilty by the jury on Tuesday. This make3 the third "Boodle"' Alderman convicted?Jaehne and McQuade, who are both in Sing Sing, being the other two. The Old Dominion Company offers $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the mau who put on board the steamer Guyandotte the infernal machine whose explosion caused ber to return to New York with her after-decks shattered. A pretty good description was obtained of the man who deposited the black valise containing the ma| chine in a clo?et on biard, and. who left the vessel just prior to her departure. South and Weit Five of the eight robbers who halted a train on a trestle in* Texas and robbed the express and mail cars have b>en arrested. A J. Selioicak, son of a wealthy New York banker, was captured and detained as a hostage, by miners in Montana, to whom $75,000 in bank pay was due. Mr. Seb'gman's firm is interested in the mine, and it telegraphed the $75,000 on from New York, whereupon the detained young man wa? released. Richard Woods (colored), in jail at Leavensworth, Kan., for assaulting a little firl, was taken out by armed men and ragged to death at a horse's heels. A story comes from Lincoln, Neb., that Brigham Youug, the Mormon prophet, is still alive aud a resident near that city. William Corniph shot and killed Miss Lulu Green because she refused to become his wife A crowd of men took Cornish from the Springfield (Ky.) jau ana nangea him to a tree. The fishermen of Louisiana and Mississippi bavo resolved to send a large delegation to the Fishery Convention to be held at Gloucester, Mass., in March Two detectives and four citizens, accompanied by bloodhounds, tracked a sr&ng of train robbers to Hall's Canyon, New Mexico, where a desperate battle took place. One robber was killed aud two captured. A Texan merchant named Galloway, finding burglars ransacting his store in the town named after him, opened lire on them, but was himself, together with his clerk, mortally wounded. The Texas Legislature has elected Congressman John H. Keagan to the United States Senate on the thirty-first ballot. Mr. Reagan was born in Tennessee In 1SJ18, and during tha war was the Confederate Attor- I ney-General. He i? the father of the Interstate Commerce bill in the House. John D. Lisle, discount clerk in theJFirst National bank of Baltimore, has stolen not less than $S0,000 of the institution's funds. When the defalcation was discovered a few days ago Lisle had disappeared. Washington. w.? n ?J ? t i : a?a wj i m I x tic. rresiueui uus uoiiuuawa tuwaru >v. Mealev, of Hagerstown, Md., to be Consul at Munich. A memorial has been sent to the President thanking him for the nomination of Mr. Matthews, the Albany colored man twice rejected for Recorder of Deeds in the District of Columbia bv the Senate. The memorial was signed by Bishop Brown, of the African M. E. Church, and twenty-one ministers. Hon. George H. Pendleton, United States Minister to Germany, has arrived in this country, and will remain in Washington end Cincinnati for about two months. Most of the oflicers of tho signal service stationed in Washington are outspoken in favor of the transfer of that service to the Department of Agriculture, where it could be established on a basis similar to that of the revenue marine service of the Treasury. The last statement of the public debt shows a reduction of $9,515,087 for January. Total cash in the Treasury is $450,820,423. The total debt is now $1,731,183,784, of winch $7,803,8.5$ is interest and the balance principal. r oreifjn. The Consul-General of the United States at Shanghai reports that $1,260 has been contributed by Chinese in that city for tae Charleston earthquake sufferers. Emperor William has ordered 72,000 men of tho German reserves to be called^>ut immediately and drilled in tho use oT the new repeating rifle. A scene of uproar occurred in the British House of Commons when Sir Michael HicksBeach, Chief Secretary for Ireland, in debate on the troubles in that county, proposed as a remedy to remove the poor people from the poverty-stricken districts. This was met by the opposition with cries of "Shame:" and "Never!" Tre British steamer Blair Athol has foundered in the Black Sea. Twenty persons were drowned. Another great riot is reported from Belfast, Ireland. Soldiers were stoned by the populace. Shots were also exchanged between the mob and the police, and several persons were wounded. Over 100 arrests were made. Ex-President Santos, of Uruguay, has Vtoan V>nnMi<vl Kw rlotfTPA r?f thfi f/OllPrflSS Of that South American"republic. The President has nominated Calhoun Fluker, of Clinton, La., to be SurveyorGeneral of Louisiana, and Judson S. Farrar, of Michigan, to be Consul at Fort Sarma. Severe fighting has taken place in the Soudan between Italiau troops and their Abysoinian allies on one side and hostile Arabs on the other. In one fight the Italian troops were annihilated. A WATERSPOUT. Carrying Death and Destruction in its Wake in Tennessee. Chestnut Mound, on the Upper Cumberland, in Tennessee, has boon visit?d by a waterspout, which carried death and destruction in its wake and almost ruined that so tion of country. Near midnight a solid body of water swept down tin valley with terrible force. One small branch stream rose fifteen feet iu a few moments. Rushing upon David Bush's house the water lifted the structure from its foundation and it fell to pieces and floate l away. Mr. Bush and his family, be'? ?'? ...... ivnt-rt nf t-Vio dancrer un lng USItJOp, noic UUU..U.V til they were thrown from their beds into the water. The darkness was so intense that Mr. Bush was nnable to render assistance to his family, but wheu he made his way out of the water he found all had escaped, with the exception of his ten-year-old 9on. The little fellow was heard crying for help, and Mr. Bush again plunged into the flood, but could not find the la 1, and was himself caught in some driftwood and nearly drowned. Ths body of the boy was found ' the next morning. A WAR FEVER Evidences of an Approaching Conflict in Europe. TV Powers Eaisine Money and Collecting Supplies, Cable dispatches give daily announcements concerning an impending war in Europe. On Thursday there was quite a panic in the London and Paris money markets. In London there was intense excitement on the Stock Exchange all day. The unf >vorable state of the market was due chiefly to reports of heavy failures on the Paris Bourse and to a report that a large banking institution in Berlin bad collansed. The panic on the Stock Exchange * set in with the greatest force in the afternoon. Earlier in the day English buying met the Continental rush to sell, but, later, alarm seized English operators, and the torrent of sellers be ame so great that dealers refused to make prifces. The wildest rumors were ' credited, and the best home and foreign securities were largely sold. Business continued active in the street until the Petite Bourse quotations were received from Paris, which showed that the panic was intensify] ing on the Continent, and caused depression and anxiety at the close. The reckless selling of railroad securities was partially checked by New York buying. Besides the English * orders, u -ii'in uuu x am tm ^ *? <t*i masses of stock on the market. French, Italian, Russian and Hungarian securities... were down from two to three and a-half-per cent English Consols iu the afternoon were sold heavily and prices relapsed from the opening quotation, 11-16 for money and fiveeighths for the account. There was an average fall in English railway securities of two and a-half per cent, while in Ame ican railway securities the fall ranged from one to two per cent. The French Government has made larga purchases of Russian oats for the use of the French cavalry aad has chartered a number of steamers to convey thorn from the Baltic ports to France. The Russiaa Government has forbidden the exportation of horses from Russia. The Bulgarian Chambers voted a cred.'t of $1,000,000 to enable the Government to complete its military preparations. Atan Iniustri&l ball in Vienna the Emperor o;f Austria, who was among the guests, said tho present military measures had been rendered ne;essa *y by the parsimonious war estimates of rece it years, and that the obje ;t was to raise Aus ria to a level with other powers. The German Government is reported to have taken steps to raise a loan of $75,000,00J to be available for war purposes. The Government has available nearly 100,000,000 marks, which were voted for home nurposes but not spent This will probably "be used for military matters. The darkest view of (the European situa tioc. is taken in diplomatic circles at Brussels, Belgium. Private intelligence shows tha t an immense amount of provisions is being accumulated at Coblentz, and that the Metz garrison is undergoing severe and unceasing practice. It is believed that the government will make a parliamentary statement on Belgian neutrality and the projected military precautions. LATER NEWS. Three men walking on a railroad track near Hyde Park, Mass., wero instantly killed by an express train. Masked burglars attempted to rob the Jersey City (N. J.) Postoffice. After binding and gagging tH watchman and janitor of the building tney worked for hours at the safe without success, and finally left with but little plunder. A mid-winter thunder storm?a phenomenal occurence?is reported from Ohio and Illinois. At Upper Alton, I1L, William S. Lee was struck by lightning at the dinner table and instantly killed. A large number of cattle growers from western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, I Indiana, Kentucky, southern Illinois, and Tennessee have been holding a conference at Cincinnati with a view to organizaing an Ohio Valley Growers' Association. A 1,Tr> A-vni-amnnf ir? fVio InHJono T xxrr~ islature on Thursday Judge Turpie (Dem.) was declared elected United States Senator from the 4th of March next. The vote, as announced by acting Lieutenant-Governor Smith, was: Judge Turpie, 76: Senator Har. rison, 74. There had been a legislative deadlock for weeks, a*:d the Democrats finally received a majority by the aid oi a Labor Representative's vote. The Republicans declared they would contest Turpie's seat in th6 United States Senate. Leading Chicago lawyers think Miss Van Zandt's marriago to Anarchist Editor Spies, the bridegroom l>eine represented in the ceremony by his brother, is illegal. p \Sixteen national banks were organized during January. Twenty-five witnesses are to be subpoenaed in Texas to testify conceruing an alleged political outrage which the Senate Elections Committee has been directed to investigate. Manitoba Indians are dying in large numbers from pestilence and famine. Mrs. Elliott and her fifteen-year-old daughter and twelve-year-old son were burned to death in their dwelling near Rockport, Canada. From every European capital come rumors of war. It is predicted that a terrible outbreak is close at hand. T^iiinrtmniofn fho finiirlnn Vinvn hflpii ' attacked by their former allies, the Abys- I { siniatfs, and cut to pieces. Heavy reinforce" ments have been dispatched from Italy. 1 Reports of the New York City savings J banks for the past year show a large in- ' crease in deposits. Heavy floods have done serious damage , along the Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee < rivers. Over 200 petitions from different parts of the country have been "presented in the i Senate by Senator Blair, protesting against ] tho running of Sunday mail trains. 1 According to a journal of Las Lumas, a t small town in Cuba, there are eleven persons < there who are over 100 years of age. They are all women, and the oldest is 111 years. j rnT"r"" TrrnTTrmTTin mn ATTT1T Tl I i TILL rJLSttJjJ&JLJjS lHUUDliIii ; Minister Phelps and Premier Salis- j bury in Discussion. United States Ministor Ph-lps has had an i hour's conference with the Marquis of Salisbury, at the Premier's request, to j disenss the Canadian fisheries question. Lord Salisbury expressed himself gratiHel at the general tone of the American press and people in tho dispute, and he assured Mr. Phelps that England and Cauada were equally desirous of au amicable adjustment of the whole case. The subject of the d sputa was also brought up in i:he House of Commons. Sir James Ferguson, Parlinmeutary Secretary of the Fori ign Office, in answer to inquiries said that the Government bad been conferring with the Government of the United States on the question. The Canadian fisheries, he said, were very valuable, aud tho Government hail followed tho policy concerning them i whi'.h had been adopted by the prec eding Governments,and would maintain the rights of the colonists, with every desiro to conciliate the United States. The Government were unable i at present to narrate tho whole course of the I TT?5fn^ SJtnfoa Vint". UOSUHBWUU3 mm IUO uu.^, could ptate that a dispatch had been received I which Mas of a parilic character and afforded material grounds for a final settle- I 1 ment of the dispute. J A Glasgow yacht, destined for pearl fishing iu South Amerioau waters, has Imwii fitted with electrical apparatus, exjwcted to light up the waters to the great depth of i seventeen fathoms. , SUMMARY OF CONGRESS, Senate Sessions. 31st Day.?Mr. Edmunds presented a memorial in the Senate to-day from manufacturers and business men in Vermont for a repeal or reiuction of internal revenue taxes. Referred to Finance Committee.... The Senate proceeded to the consideration of a bill to prohibit members of Congress from acting as attorneys or employes for railroad companies holding charters or having receive J grants of lands or pecuniary aid from the United States. Mr. Hoar said LLiai> vuo uiu wtLb auiicu au a aww? of things not existing, and not likely to exist. He was willing to go as far. as to provide that, when a land grant railroad company had legislation before Congress, no Senator or member who bore the relation to that company of counsel or client should take part in that legislation, and he offered an amendment to that effect Pending further debate the Senate adjourned. 32d Day.?The bill relative to the Yellowstone Park was amended and passed.... The Pacific Railroad Funding bill was postponed, on motion of Mr. Hoar, as-was Mr. Beck's Railroad Attorney bill, on motion of Mr. Ve3t....A bill for the protection of minors in the District of Columbia was reported. 33i> Day.?There were seven Senators and' twelve Senate employes (including pages) present at prayers. This, as regards Senators, was rather above the average, which fact was presume! to be due to the resolution offered by Senator Hoar, but not yet adopted, requiring a postponement of the opening prayer until a quorum assembles.... The Sundry Civil Appropriation bilwas discussed without action.^ 34th Day.?A bill to reimburse the depositors-of the Freedmea's Savings Bank was favorably reported?The loss of the Northern Pacific Railroad Forfeiture bill bv the House conferees was ex plained by Mr. Dolph.... The Sundry Civil bill was further considered, and an item of $35,000 was inserted to pay expenses of the International Medical Congress which is to meet in Washington in September. 35th Day.?A bill authorising the construction of a bridge across the East River | at New York was reported Consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was resumed. Mr. Allison said that the regular estimates of the departments amounted in round numbers to $376,000,000. Since that time there was an estimate of nearly $12,000,COO to carry out the provisions of the Mexican and Disabilit'es Pension bill, so that tne total of th9 estimates for the nest fiscal year, without including miscellaneous aopropriations, amounted to $395,000,030. The revenues can be estimated at $3S0,000,0DO, which will not be added to except from duties on imports, which will make the surplus $15,000,000. After further discussion by Messrs. Piatt, Beck and Teller,^he latter of whom spoke of the nead of large appropriations for coast defences, the bill was passed. 36th Day.?Vr. Evarta introduced a bill for "the purchase of John Ericsson's Destroyer and ten enlarged vessels of the same type for defending the harbors of the United States." Koferred to the Committee on Naval Affairs .... Tho resolution heretofore offered by Mr. u nn ftio HvrRfarv of the Id- ! r 1ULLIU, LOlllUg vuv J terior for information as to whether there is any role of the Pension Office whereby any applicant for a pension is denied a hearing by reason of being also a petitioner to Congress was taken up. The discussion turned on the question of civil service reform- On that point Mr. Saukbury said that, while he would not convert President Cleveland into a public butcher, decapitating every officeholder hostile to him, he would instruct him that it was a duty which he owed to himself, his Administration, the party which elected him, and the country which he served, to purge* the departments of the men hostile to his administration, and unless he did so he would not have a successful administration. Messrs. Beck and Morgan said they agreed with Mr. Saulsbury. After further discussion the resolution was laid aside without action Mr. Evarts spoke in opposition to the bill prohibiting Members of Congress from acting as attorneys or employes of subsidized railroads. Honce Sessions. 37th Day.?Mr. Forney (Ala) presented the conference report on the bill making an annual appropriation of $400,000 for the equipment of the military forces of the United States, and it was agreed to The House went into Committee of the Whole on the Pleuro-pneumonia bill. An amendment was adopted increasing from $3,000 to $-%000 the salary of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. An amendment that three experts of scientific attain ments bo employed" was adopted During the evening session private pension bills were considered, and a nurrber passed. 3Sth Day.?After discussion the Postoffice Appropriation bill was passed.... Ten thousand dollars was appropriated to purchase seed for immediate distribution throughout the drought stricken districts of Texas. 39th Day.?Mr. Crain (Tex.) introduced a resolution proposing constitutional amendments changing inauguration day to the last Tuesday in April, providing that the Fiftieth Congress shall terminate on December 31, 1888, and the Fiftyfirst Congress shall then begin; and providing that Senators whose term of office would not expire until March 4, IS89, shall continue in office until their successors are appointed or elected Mr. McRae (Ark.) introduced a bill prohibiting members of Congress from acting as attorneys or employes for railroad companies holding charters or having grants of lands or pecuniary aid from the United States The Agricultural Appropriation bill was passed, with amendments prohibiting discrimination in the pay of persons employed in the seed room of the department and providing that the bond of the Commissioner shall be in the renal sum of ?25,003. 40th Day.?A bill granting a pension to "Walt Whitman was reported favorably.... The Senate bills granting pensions to the widows of General Logan and General Blair was reported adversely.... Filibustering on the Naval Consolidation bill consumed the remainder of the day session. ....The night session was devoted exclusively to billj from the Military Committee. 41st Day.?Mr. Taulb?e (Ky.) as a priviledged question, called up the message of the President vetoing the bill granting a pension bo Carter W. Tiller. He said the pension was granted on the ground that Mr. Tiller was the dependent father of a soldier who died in Andersonville Prison. The veto is based on tin President's belief that Mr. Tiller is neither deserving nor dependent. The House refused to pass the bill over the veto?yeas 136, nays 115?not the conjonstitional two-thirds in the affirmative.... Mr. McAdoo (N. J.) introduced a bill to provide for the manufacture of first-class modjrn guns for the navy and seacoast defences. It appropriated $20,000,000 to be expended UD(16r too couctoi OI [co O^urcutnes v?jl vuo Navy fin l of War in the construction and manufacture of modern first-class ordnance, tt is required that the guns shall be of American manufacture.... The bill to prohibit the ippointment of committees to attend funerils at the public expense outside the District >f Columbia was tabled?119 to 46. 42d Day.?Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported adversely a bill to enable the people to name their postmasters. Laid on th3 table.... Mr. Oates, of Alabama, called up'' the bill authorizing the appointment and prescribing tho compensation of clerks to Senators and Representatives who are not chairmen of committees. Mr. Caldwell (Tenn.) favored the bill. The bill was laid upon the table by 141 yeas to 10> oays The Pleuro-pncumonia bill was discussed further. A FATAL WIND STORM. Trees Blown Over and Miners Killed in Washington Territory. While the wind was blowing at the rate of sixty miles an hour an immense oak tree, "Uiv-U ouc.icitu ma vau.f, | miners, west of the Northern Pacific tun- I nei, at Tacoma, "Washington Territory, was overturned and probably a dozen Chinamen we e killed. Nino dead bodies have been recovered from the camp and several bodies are supposed to be buried in the deep snow. At Hunt's Camp, a few miles west of the Chinese camp, a similar accident occurred to white laborers, but it was not believed that any of them were fatally injured. A Japanese has invented a method of weaving carpets with feathers. The feathers ire reduced to a silky state by the use of chemicals, and then woven like ordinary cotion. A "1 cent lunch''stand having been established iu New York city, there is a demand for more of them. The bill of fare is soup, stewed lish, pork and beans, cotTee, milk and bread. , RETALIATION. Resolutions Before Congress Regarding the Fishery Seizures. Resolutions of the Massachusetts Legislature concerning the treatment of American fishing vessels in Canadian waters were j presented in both houses of Congress on Monday. They declare. that the Legislature is in favor of retaliation to the extent of denying to Cana- I dian vessels in American ports the right to purchase supplies, and the eventual exclusion of all Canadian products by land or sea until the offensive legislation and action of the Canadian authorities are discontinued. In the House Mr. Boutelle of Maine introduced a resolution directing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to report back forthwith the Senate Retaliation bill. Mr. Lawler of Illinois introduced the following: Whereas, The beligereot tone of the Canadian press, and the announcement that Great Britain will shortly dispatch a fleet of war ships to cruise in the vicinity of our Northeastern coast line indicate hostility toward the United States growing out of our position on the fisheries question, and Whereas, Admiral Porter has directed attention to the fact that twenty-seven of our ' Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific harbors are absolutely defenceless, eleven of them, to wit: New York, San Francisco, Boston, the lake ports, Hampton Roads, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Portland, Maine, and the Rhode Island ports of Narragansett Bay, are in urgent need of immediate defence, and Wnereas, It is alleged that Great Britain and Canada are in possession of chartp and ' ??*it nil nnr tinrlvirs and Mast V&0uipuuv.auuu vr* Mil vu. defence: therefore, - .* Resolved, That the President be requested as Commander-in-Chief of the army and nary, to inform the House of Representatives at an early day what steps, if any, are necessary, in bis judgment, to provide for this emergency. The resolution was referred to the Committeon Appropriations. DISPOSED TO FIGHT. Canada Will Continue the Seizure of American Vessels. The Ottawa correspondent of the Toronto Mail telegraphs: I "Yesterday the announcement was made I that the Imperial Government had consented i to send men-of-war out next season to assist in the protection of the Canadian fisheries: To the people of the United State*, doubtless, this will be anything but palatable information, but, as a matter of fact, it is simply folI lowing the precedent established before the 'Washington treaty came into operation. A prominent official, on being interrogated as to the correctness of the report, said; ' It is true that the | Imperial authorities have consented to send out one or two gunboats next spring to I assist the marine police in the enforcement of our fishery rights. Some time ago,' he nrirlari '?n understanding was arrived at with the home authjrities that the usual assistance should be given. The reason why aid was not rendered last season was due to the long correspondence which had I taken place between Canada and England,and to the fact that by the time the imperial authorities had settled on their policy the fishing season had nearly expired.' I pointed out to this gentleman the special cable appearing in the Mail, in which the Under Foreign Secretary had been made to say that the Canadian Cabinet had made a proposition which, from the liberality of its character, is likely to contribute to a settlement of the dispute. If from this the inference is to be drawn that the Dominion Government has receded from the position it has taken all along as to its rights, baaed on the treaty of 1818, there is a mistake somewhere. I have it on good authority that i the Government still adheres to the policy it has frequently announced, and it is reported that no offer of the kind the cable speaks of has been made.''' PBOMINENT PEOPLE Jw"d3L?L"I> SliOT0I">is Mtjr I Mrs. Logan is in receipt of requests from various publishers to do literary work. General Thomas J. Brady, of Star Route notoriety, is reported to be almost entirely broken down by adversity. Judge Gresham was made a BrigadierGeneral at thirtv. When (irnnt. lirtail lum wounded, in the Vicksburg trenches. ' Lord Tennyson's eyesight is failing him to such an ox tent as to cause serious alarm among his numerous circle of friends. Ex-Governor George Hoadly, of Ohio, is about to remove from Cincinnati to Mew York, where he has formed a law partnership. The Rothschilds, who now control all the quicksilver mines in the world, are said to bo intending extensive investments in gold mines Mrs. Garfield, widow of the murdered President, has gone to New York for a month's visit to her sons, who are at school iu that vicinity. Jay Gould is said to have gone through life very luisurelv. No matter how important a Cjuestiou of time may seem to be, lie is never in a hurry. Sir Arthur Sullivan is to set Lord Tennvson's "Jubilee Ode" to music. The Queen will attend Westminister Abbey June 20, and the ode will be part of the special service. By the terms of the proposition for a compromise made by the heirs of the late Samuel J. Tilden. they are each to receive $700,000. This would leave $o,0J0,000 for a public library. Ohio has lost comparatively few of its military men and politicians. Among its surviving military men are Sherman, Rose crans, Buell, Cox, Ewing, Hayes, JXoyas, j Kiefer and Schenck. Rear Admiral R. W. SnrFELDT. of the United States navy, one of the sailor diplomatists of America who opened Corea to the world, is now on a visit to the King of Corea and is being handsomely entertained while abiding in fc'eoul. Justi.v S. Morrill, of Vermont, is 77, and is the oldest United States Senator. He entered public life in the Thirty-fourth Congress, six years before Judge Kelley, "father" of the present House. Morrill in personal appearance resembless Charles Sumner. He has a most wonderful memory for facts, figures, faces and names. Jules Verne, who was shot by his crazy nephew, is almost wholly recovered. Tht? famous French novelist is about fifty-three years of age, his hair is turning white, and his once supple and elegant figure is beginning to give way to a comfortable rotundity, but his intelligent fare is still full of youthful ardor. He has his own yacht, and spends much of his time at sea. MUSICAL AND DBAMATIO. Mr. Edwin Booth has been playing to very largo audiences in Baltimore. Mmr. Sembrich has been appointed singer to the Emperor and Empress of Germauy. Gounod, the great composer, has just set to music a song written expressly for him by by Bret Harte. Beethoven's opora of "Fidelio," created a great furore at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Sims Reeves, the great tenor who still delights English audiences, has just past his sixty-fourth birthday. "Ruddygore, or the Witch's Curse," Gilbert and Sullivan's latest comic opera, has been produced in London. Anna Barretta, an aerial performer, fell from her wire iuto the pit at Buffalo, recently, and was very badly injured. A rERFORMER in tho Berlin circus jumps from one horse to another as they go in opposite directions at full speed around the ring. The celebrated shop called the Bon Marcbe in Paris has a "band" or orchestra composod of 2o0 of the men aud women connected with the establishment. TnE Queen of the Belgians decorated the composer Delibes with the cross 01 tuo uru? of Leopold after hearing his "Lakme" in Brussels the other night. Professor Philip Paul, a colored lecturer of Jersey City, is the latest controversialist to take the platform in opposition to the theories of Colonel IngereolL A QUEER MABBIAfiS. Spies, the Chicago Anarchist, weas jzliss van ?inji. The Bridegroom Represented in the Ceremony by His Brother. The announcement is made in Chicago that August Spies, the Anarchist editor in prison under sentence of death, and Miss Nina Van Zandt have been married by proxy, the groom being represented by his brother. When Sheriff Mattson, about two weeks ago, issued the order to the keeper of the county iail not to admit Miss Van Zandt to see Spies, it was thought that the matter waft settled, but it now appears that neither of the couple abandoned their purpose. A marriage by proxy was decided upon, and Justice Englehardt, in the town of Jeffer* son, who has figured in the newspapers recently as denouncing the verdict of ths Anarchist trial, was consulted. He gave it as his opinion that a marriage by-proxy * " ' would be Dinding in law if the proxy was made out in due lejal form. He was commissioned to draw up a form of a proxy, and spent considerable time in making it conform to what he thought the law required. Early on Saturday Miss Van Zandt and Gretchsn Spies, the sister of August, went out to Jefferson and called cn Justice Engle. hardt to get the proxy. Having secured the document, they went direct to the* county jail -with it They met the r-yr wife of Spies's brother, Ferdinand, and a Mrs. Wendland. Miss Van Zandt's three companions witnessed the signature of Spies to the document, by which, he gave fuU authority to his brother, Henry W. Spies, to represent him at the ceremony. Mrs. Ferdinand Spies and Miss Gretches Cm'nA eirmA^ tliA rvo ruir tft wifnoaa Anmitf upiuo DI^UVAI vuv WW ntvuvoj Spies's signature. Then the party went with Ferdinand Spies to Justice Knglehardt'a office, on Milwaukee avenue, in the t jwn of Jefferson. They were re-enforced on theway by Miss Van Zandt's parents and Henry and Cnris. Spies, brothers of August. The journey to Justice Enzlehardt's office was made on foot It was after ? o'clock on Saturday night by this tima The Justice again examined his law books, and then the ceremony was performed. Henry Spies answered to the name of August Vincent Theodore Spies, and under this name was married to* Mis? Van Zandt, The bride and her parents went from the office of the Justice to the home of Mr. ani Mrs. Ferdinand Spies, not far distant, and remained thereover night. ' A DYNAMITE CRUISER Oar Government Contracting for an Extraordinary Vessel. The United States Navy Department has completed the drawing of a contract with the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Company, of . New York, for the construction of a dynamite steel cruiser, to be completed by June 1. If this vessel is all that is claimed, for it then the harbor of New Tork will be safe from any foreign fleet The work on this vessel will be hastened on account of nos<ritale comnli cations be tween this country and England. Congress authorized the construction of thi? vessel last year, but very little has been said about it, and the fact tbat-the department has completed the arrangements for its building is not generally known. This vessel is to carry three dynamite guns, each capable of throwing with accuracy two hundred pounds of dynamite a distance of one mile. The contract provides that each gun shall be eapable of being discharged once in two minutes. These are to be guns of ten and onehalf inch calibre. The company has promised to make them twelve inches. If the guns are made of that capacity they will be capable of throwing 400 pounds of dynamite, which would be sufficient to blow up the largest vessel known to any modern navy. The contract specifies that the vesselshall have a capacity of twenty knots an hour, which means twenty-three miles of speed. There are very few vessels of greatcapacity capable of making any such speed. JN one or the Heavy armored vessels or modern times will be capable of running away from this new cruiser. She is to be 230 feet long, twenty-six feet breadth of beam, with seven and one-half feet draught and 3,200 horsepower. Naval officers think this vessel will revolutionize the naral systems of th? world. If the experiment of her construction is successful modern naviej will ba rendered useless. A few such vessels would protect our coast against the combined navies of the worli NEWSY GLEANINGS. .v v ??^4 Washington's new $2,000,000 hotel is tobe called the Windsor. Last year 1,802 locomotives were constructed in the United States. The forty-six mills in Fall River. Mass., have au aggregate capital of $19,305,5*00. Miss Matilda Johnson has Just died inLondon, one hundred and sixteen years old. There is to be a week's holiday in June in London as a part of Queen Victoria's jubilee celebration. They have been amusing the children in. Vienna with a cat show with felines from all parts of the world. Sponge fishing is very profitable on theFlorida coast this season. One vessel took $4,500 worth in a week's time. The total area of land under hop cultivation throughout the world is 300,000 acres, of which nearly a fourth are in Bavaria. At Fort KeogU, Montana, a variation of ninety degrens in the teuiperaturo is said to have occurred within twenty-four hours. Exactly one hundred and fifty live* have been lost so far in the construction of the new Croton aqueduct near New York city. It is estimated that all of a hundred additional monuments will l>o erected on tb? battlefield of Gettysburg during the * present year. There are three hundred people in th? neighborhood of Bennington, Vt, engaged in gathering spruce gum for three dealers in that place. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. 5 Beef, good to prime 6K<9 Calves, com'n to prime 6 @ 9)? Sheep 4#@ 5^ Lambs 8 @ 9)4 Hogs?Live 4}^@ 4J? Dressed 6 @ 73$ Flour?Ex. St, good to fancy 3 00 @4 70 West, good to choice 3 70 @ 5 30 Wheat?No. 2, Red 92%@ 93 Rye?State 57>$@ 59 Barley?State @ 70 Corn?Ungrad. Mixed 4S)$ - - - " **! ' ou Oats?White State jf.-nnw Mixed Western 37 @ 88 Hay?Med. to prime 55 @ 85 Straw?No. 1, Kye 45 @ 70 Lard?City Steam 6 81 @ 7 00 Butter? State Creamery.... 29 @ 30 Dairy 25 @ 26 West. Ira. Creamery 21 @ 23 Factoiy 14 @ 17 Cheese?State Factory 13#@ 13% Skims 11 @ 12% Western 12*@ 12% Eggs?State and Penn ? @ 32 BUFFALO. Sheep?Good to Choice 3 50 @ 4 75 Lambs?Western 4 50 @5 75 Steers?Western 4 40 4 90 Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 4 25 @ 4 35 Flour 4 75 @ 5 15 Wheat-No. 1 - @ 89^ Corn?No. 2, Mixed.. 42>/@ 4~}4 Oats?No. 2, Mi:.eJ ? @ 33 Barley?State 70 @ 72 BOSTON. Beef?Good to choice 71'2}? Hogs?Live 5,^(3 0 Northern Dressed.... 714 Pork?Ex. Prime, per bbl... 10 50 @1100 * Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 5 15 @ 5 85 Corn?High Mixed 50>?(? 50 Oats?Extra White ? @ 41^ Rye?State GO @ (55 WATERTOWN* (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef- Dressed weight 7 Sheen?Live weight 4 @ 5)? Lamti ? @ ?Northern GW(d> 614 PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Penn.extra family... ? @ 3 75 ' Wheat?No. 2, Red 91%@ 92 Rye?State ? @56 Corn?State Yellow 45 @ 47 Oats Mixe 1 36 @ 39 Butter?Creamery Extra... ? @ 28 Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. 13}$@ 13S*